childishness

noun

Definition of childishnessnext
1
as in nonsense

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2
as in inexperience

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for childishness
  1. nonsense
  2. inexperience
  3. sincerity
  4. buffoonery
  5. foolishness
  6. tomfoolery
  7. candor
  8. horseplay
Noun
  • On the one hand, Amazon Autos strips away all that nonsense – find your car, handle the details online, pick it up, done.
    Chris Walton, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Others resorted to full-on screams, as layoffs in the industry charted record highs and developers found themselves under attack online for conspiratorial nonsense.
    Megan Farokhmanesh, WIRED, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of nonsense
Noun
  • The heavy losses are attributed to the troops' inexperience with drone warfare and unfamiliarity with the terrain.
    Katya Soldak, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
  • If speed is the advantage of youth in the NHL, inexperience is the other side of that coin.
    Thomas Drance, The Athletic, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of inexperience
Noun
  • There are reasons to doubt the sincerity of HTS’s moderate turn.
    Sam Heller, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2024
  • Bringing them coffee and breakfast in bed is a good way to start, but rubbing their feet at the end of the day and listening to their war stories from work proves your sincerity.
    Lisa Stardust, People.com, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of sincerity
Noun
  • Famously, Tommy Lee Jones could not sanction Jim Carrey’s buffoonery on Batman Forever.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2024
  • But conservatism ought not to be equated with populist buffoonery and mendacity.
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 14 Oct. 2024
Definition of buffoonery
Noun
  • The problem is not the companies but the system, whose foolishness is very clear to those, like me, who have spent decades abroad.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
  • The Lakers were, again, the Lakers — the version from early this season that made optimism seem nothing like foolishness.
    Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of foolishness
Noun
  • This sweet 1978-82 CBS sitcom had plenty of workplace comedic tomfoolery, but none was more shocking and hilarious than the ending of this absurd Thanksgiving story.
    Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 21 Nov. 2024
  • But hey, at least her particular brand of right-wing tomfoolery isn’t headed down under.
    Abby Monteil, Them, 28 Oct. 2024
Definition of tomfoolery
Noun
  • We were surprised by the number of issues which the group generally agreed on and the spirit of constructive candor and engagement embodied by the group and near-unanimous optimism for moving forward.
    Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, TIME, 21 Dec. 2024
  • Both evaluators were granted anonymity for their candor. Infielder Chase Meidroth, 23, is sort of the opposite of Montgomery, a high-floor player who at 5-foot-10, 170 pounds doesn’t necessarily look the part.
    Ken Rosenthal, The Athletic, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of candor
Noun
  • On my gondola, however, horseplay is not only encouraged, it is required.
    Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 24 Sep. 2024
  • Prosecutors allege Alec Baldwin engaged in ‘horseplay’ and acted recklessly on ‘Rust’ set.
    Colleen Shalby, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2024
Definition of horseplay
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